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1. Duude, I'm all along with you except your hate of the "PC crowd". Stop complaining, start working. Not helpful to the conversation. 2. I used to be uhh a fo
by benten10 11y ago
1. Duude, I'm all along with you except your hate of the "PC crowd". Stop complaining, start working. Not helpful to the conversation.
2. I used to be uhh a foreign national in the U.S (as I still am), and assumed it was a known fact that Chinese nationals often buy their way through college. Somewhat related: Northeastern and their special- Chinese-student program that gives 4-year US degrees with 0 knowledge of
English.
3. It is not necessarily something to complain about, as long as it doesn't COMPLETE dilute the value of the degrees concerned. AFAIK, Chinese students (NOT Chinese American, mind) are the only students who will often pay 100% of the feels, with no request for scholarships. So to look at it the other way, you're subsidizing smarter students by taking in slightly less smart students (tbh, most Chinese students are extremely competitive, so we shouldn't be generalizing.)
- sliverstorm 11y agoassumed it was a known fact that Chinese nationals often buy their way through college That kind of thing is very hard to acknowledge in the USA, even if true. It strikes close to past civil rights struggles.
- rqebmm 11y agoIs it? There's plenty of tropes about dumb students who make it through Ivy league schools because their parents "bought a new wing" or somesuch. Same for rich children avoiding military service.
- sliverstorm 11y agoRight, but that's classist rather than nationalist or xenophobic, and thus for some inscrutable reason infinitely more palatable
- crdoconnor 11y ago>you're subsidizing smarter students by taking in slightly less smart students And diluting the value of that degree at the same time by graduating not learning anything.